Born on June 2, 1977, in Pittsburgh, Zachary Quinto first gained attention with his chilling role as Sylar in Heroes before making the leap to the big screen as Spock in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot.

Leonard Nimoy revealed that he kept a pair of Mr. Spock's pointy ears as a keepsake from his work on Star Trek. Turns out, Zachary Quinto did the same thing.) I have a few pairs of ears.

Quinto became close to the Nimoys while playing Spock in three “Star Trek” movies starting in 2009. Nimoy, who died in 2015, originated the role of Spock in the original “Star Trek” series.

Zachary Quinto, who plays the villain Sylar in the American TV series Heroes, is hoping to live long and prosper in his new role as the young Spock. First pictures from the set of the highly ...

(L-R) Karl Urban as Bones and Zachary Quinto as Spock in "Star Trek Beyond." (L-R) Deep Roy as Keenser and Simon Pegg as Scotty in "Star Trek Beyond." (L-R) Anton Yelchin as Chekov and Chris Pine ...

Spock is the half Vulcan-half Human character portrayed legendarily by Leonard Nimoy for several decades, by Zachary Quinto in the Star Trek Reboot films, and currently by Ethan Peck in Star Trek ...